HIS & HERS - Alice Feeney

2.5 stars

I was bored silly for 75% of this book, but the very very end did surprise me more than I expected it to, so I bumped the rating up a star.

Concept: ★★★
Villain(s)/Reveal(s): ★★★★
Pacing/Plot/Structure: ★★

Because my feelings for this one are so meh, this review is going to be short and sweet.

I think that fans of Alice Feeney may enjoy this one, but as this was my first Feeney novel I can't say that for certain. I CAN say that this novel didn't have the same polarizing negative representation that I Know Who You Are seemed to have. (I heard about the ending to that book - yikes.)

This was just... a seriously standard dual POV thriller. There's a dead body, and a male perspective and a female perspective. The man and woman are obviously linked together, and a third, "murderer" POV thrown in that could be anyone. There's enough shocks, red herrings, and twisted secrets for 10 lifetimes.

As you can probably tell from my lackluster phrasing—I'm so sorry to this book, it's not really its fault—I just didn't enjoy reading it. The writing seemed like it kept trying to reel me in, but the endless vague sentences, dual-meaning scenes, and flashbacks conveyed to be as sinister-yet-vague as possible all kept me from feeling like this was a real story with real stakes. It felt very fourth wall, very staged. And, despite its pulse-pounding premise, I was also extremely bored. I could have handled one or two of the above issues and still enjoyed the ride, but all of them? No dice.

Oh well. On to the next!

Thank you to Flatiron via NetGalley for my giveaway ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review.